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December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater featuring all famous actors
A traditional year-end kabuki event in Kyoto where the theater's star actors perform together, originally a showcase to introduce the new season's lineup.
京都の南座では毎年十二月に顔見世狂言が上演される。
At Kyoto's Minamiza Theater, the kaomise kyōgen is performed every December.
From 顔見世 (kaomise, 'face-showing', originally a kabuki tradition of introducing actors) + 狂言 (kyōgen, 'play'). The term refers specifically to the December performances at Minamiza in Kyoto.